Throatless horse-collar with combination-plate.



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No. 767,871. v I PATEHTBD-AUG. 9, 1904.

I .1; ,H. VOC-ELSANG. THROATLESS HORSE COLLAR WITH COMBINATION PLATE; nrucnm: nun an: a no: 123mm: An I um. to xonxu WITNESSES fdna ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES Patented August. 9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

THR-OATLESS HORSE-COLLAR -WITH COMBlNAT'iON-PLA'TE- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 7,371, A gust 9, 1904. application filed September 6, 1902. Renewed April 8. 1904. Serial Em 202,249. No modem To all who! if n m r mum-r":

Be it known that 1, Joan ll. \oomsaxo, a

citizen of the United States. and a resident of the city of (ovinetoin in the county of lienton and State of Kentucky. have invented certain new. valuable, and useful improvements in Throat les Horse-Collars wit htomhimttiom llates, of which the following is a SPOClliCtltion.

()nc ohjcct of my invention is to provide improved devices which shall take the place of those heretofore used at the throat of the collar. I

Another object of my invention is to prevent the rim from tearing away from the body of the collar.

Another object is to render the collar unbreakable at the center of its throat.

Another object is to prevent the collar from hendinp at the center of its throat.

By thcattaintuent ofany one of these objects I prevent the horse from getting choked by the undue layudiug or collapse of the collar.

Other objects of my invention will be hereinafter apparent.

The several features of my invention and the various advantages resulting from their use, conjointly or otherwise, will beapparent from the following description and claims.

in the accounmnving drawing: making a part of this application, and m which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the front of a horse-collar embodying, my invention. In this figure the rim or front wale of the collar is toward the spectator. and in this View essentially all of the underside of the bottom of the collar is seen. Fig. 2 represents in perspective the rear side of the collar. In this figure the after wale or body of the collar is toward the spectator. Fig. 3 represents a vertical transverse section from front to rear of the collar at the throat portion of the latter. This section is taken in the plane of the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. t is a view of the under and front side of my new under or front throabplatc. Fig. 5 is a view of the upper and rear side of my new upper or rear throat-plate.

, I will now proceed todcscrihc my invention in detail.

The collar. exclu ive of my u'nproved attach- -mcnts, is constructed as follows: There is a had;- portion A at the rear. and this is known in the art as the after Wale," hotly side,0r "pad." This portion when in use liesbchiud the hames. There is a rim B. known as the fore wale" or small run." which is for the greater portion of its extent of a diameter less than the thickness of the body side A. The rim B is united to thehody side A in the usual mannor. This body side A and the rim B are preferably divided at the top in the usual manner to allow the collar to he titted to horse-necks of various sizes. The usual collar-strap C, attached to one half of the collar, and the usual buckle attached to the other half of the collar, the strap being, madetoenpage the buckle, are present, and the usual lining (upper pad) M within the upper part of the collar to prevent the upper ends of the collar, secured together by the strap and buckle, from ahrading the upper partof neck of the horse is also present at; the top of the collar, :1 part of the strap 0 being shown.

In the collar constructed for theapplication of my invention the stuffed body side A does not continue on either side ofthe collardown tothe middle of the throat, hat, on the contrary, stops at the curved line A A at the B B at the rear; but the leathers continue to the middle of the throat and form a, connccting portion F hctwccnthe lower ends of the stuffed portions or pads A A of the body A. This connecting portion is at the throat of the collar and extends forward from the throat portion of the roll or rim B up to a plane in line with the front edge of the joint or welt G. The leathers of the front and back sides of the body of the collar are usually lapped and properly secured together at a median line at the cenwr of this throat. The juncture is usually made by stitching. Thus in the bottom and front of the throat between the body sides or pads A A there is now present a depression (indicated by the curved line A and the opposite curved line A and a front and at the correspondingly-curved line located between said lines) and which i denomiuate \V. throat there is now dicated by the curved line B and the opposite curved line B and located between said lines) I it is in the lower and front spaces thus formed that l locate 1 my improved metal throat-piece (i. and it is i in the upper and rear space X thus formed i and which l denominate X.

that l lomte my improved metal throat-piece ll: but each of these metal throatpieces G and ii not onlyoecupy their respective spaces and X. but they also extend outand over and against the-joint or welt piece ti.

.\l \"improved' throat-piece (i is curved sub stantially as shown and bends over and down at the rear for a shortdistanee. making a curved extensionti. So. also. this improved throat-piece (i at the front curves forward. Such curve G [its the groove between the roll B and the said body portion F. The throatpiece it atthe rear curves over and down in a curved extension ll, similar to the curved extensionti of the throat-piece (i. Between these pieces G and li lies the portion F of the collar. This portion F being flexible conforms to the shape of these pieces (i and H. Hence my metallic throat-pieces and the portion F will be as one. These parts (-r, F, and II are duly riveted together. The curved extensions G and H deprive the rear and inside of any sharp abutments, edges, or corners and also by their tubular shape increase the strength of the plates and of the entire structure at the throat. The absence of pad-statiing at the throat secures elegance of form and lightness of appearance.

The combination of the metallic curved throat-pieces extending at each end in narrowed parts G G H H to the right and left up the side portions of the collar imparts great strength and stiti'ness to the collar at and in the vicinity of the throat of the collar. All breaking of the collar at this locality and thus injury to it and injury to the hor e are avoided. The collar is very durable. .ihe

- throat portion being thus thin and without stalling is well adapted to receive the slot K, which is present in and through the throatplates (1: and H.215 well as in and through the leather portion F. Through this slot is passed the choke-strap. The mic-strap when in use embraces the throat of the collar, and my invention prevents the pole-strap from cutting the collar and wearing it in two. tion also atfords great ventilation for the col- My invenlar at the threat-piece. as it keeps tl'ie'throatin the top and rear of the l pi'ece oil from theneck and allows air to cirpresent a depres ant-(1nl cnlate between the throat-pn'eezual thehorse.

This is an important advantage.

The exten ionsti i ll ll may. if desired, be longer and run up farther on the welt.

The elasticity of the collar is in no wise impaired. On the contrary. the collar can be sprung apart as needed at the top or lower down.

Other obvious advantages result from my invention. among which may be mentioned that it is simple of construction and economical ofcost and a combination readily attained.

The parts (iand ll are,'in etieet. laterallyextending arms on the rcint'orcingpieees, am said pieces have also mnvanlLwextending portions or arms (i' H.

\Vhat 1 claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. In combination in a horse-collar. a rim B, a stuffed body portion A having its padded sides ending short of the medial line of the throat and having leathers extending and forming a depressed continuation of the saidpaddcd portions. and a reinforcing-piece secured to the said leather extensions at the throat. said reinforcing-piece having anupward and two iaterally-exteialing portions or arms and being curved from its upper to its lower edge, said laterall v-extendin,g arms l v ing along the lower edge of the collar while the padded portions liealong the upper edges of the said laterally-extending arms and up to the upwardly-extending arm, substantially as described.

2. In combination in a horse-collar having its two 'side pads A with leathers extending across the space between them at the throat forming a depression on the outside and inside, a reinforcing-piece for the outside and a; reinforcing-piece for the inside, each of which is provided with an upwardly and with two laterally extending portions or arms located in the depression and riveted to the-leather extensionsseid laterally-extending arms lying along the lower edge of the collar while the padded portions lie along the upper edges of the said latemlly-extending arms and up to the upwardly-extending arm, substantially as descri JOHN H. VOGELSAX 

